Lucknow Super Giants look set to unleash their express pacer Mayank Yadav in the high-profile clash against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Sunday.

Mayank, who has been sidelined since the start of the season due to an injury, looks ready to be thrown in the mix, as per a social media post by the Lucknow franchise. LSG, who are placed 6th in the points table, are in desperate need of a win in order to resurrect their season. But, they are coming up against Mumbai Indians, a side that has won four matches on the trot.

Placed fourth and sixth respectively, MI and LSG both have an impressive 10 points in their kitty and are only separated by the net run rate, having won five matches each and lost four in nine games so far.

While these two teams will battle for on-field supremacy at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai’s unrelenting heat and humidity will also play its part in testing the players’ readiness to give it all in adverse conditions.

For the visitors, a negative NRR of -0.054 is something they would be keen to improve while hoping that their skipper Rishabh Pant can get a big score under his belt.

Pant has managed a lowly 106 runs in nine matches this season while shuffling across batting positions to discover what works for him, but none of his efforts seem to have worked for the India wicketkeeper-batter.